Unit aim

Provides students with the knowledge and skills to manage the strategy process and to engage in strategic thinking in order to assure the long-term success of an organisation in highly competitive environments. It examines all aspects of the strategy process – strategic analysis, choice and action – and puts it in context. The unit develops skills in analysis, interpretation, communication and evaluation. To accomplish these goals the unit is structured around case analysis of real organisations.

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

critically discuss the theories, concepts and models of strategic management and its place in the practice of management and business

Intellectual rigour

2

think strategically about an organisation, its context and position, its long-term direction and viability, its capabilities, the effectiveness of its strategy, and its capacity to secure sustainable competitive advantage

have developed skills and competences in analysis, interpretation, planning, design, and implementation of strategies

Communication and social skills

5

integrate and synthesise knowledge and skills gained in earlier units and be able to have a sophisticated, whole-of-organisation understanding of strategic practice

Intellectual rigour

Knowledge of a discipline

6

analyse and manage strategy ethically and in proper regard to context, including its relation corporate social responsibility, international and diverse environments, multiple stakeholders and to internal relations and politics.

Ethical practice

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

critically discuss the theories, concepts and models of strategic management and its place in the practice of management and business

GA1:
Intellectual rigour

think strategically about an organisation, its context and position, its long-term direction and viability, its capabilities, the effectiveness of its strategy, and its capacity to secure sustainable competitive advantage

have developed skills and competences in analysis, interpretation, planning, design, and implementation of strategies

GA6:
Communication and social skills

integrate and synthesise knowledge and skills gained in earlier units and be able to have a sophisticated, whole-of-organisation understanding of strategic practice

GA1:
Intellectual rigour

GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline

analyse and manage strategy ethically and in proper regard to context, including its relation corporate social responsibility, international and diverse environments, multiple stakeholders and to internal relations and politics.

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